![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Tarzan and the Rocky Gorge - Robbins Barstow
Sixteen year old Robbins Barstow, an Amateur Cinema League member and a fan of Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan movies, rounded up his siblings and friends and led them into the wilds of Granby, Connecticut for this epic tale of a journey into Edgar Rice Burroughs' Africa. Also available with commentary by the filmmaker on the DVD "Living Room Cinema: Films From Home Movie Day, Vol. I".
Keywords: home movie; Barstow Travel Adventure
Downloads: 247,356
Average rating:  (10 reviews) |  |
| Disneyland Dream - Robbins Barstow
In July 1956, the five-member Barstow family of Wethersfield, Connecticut, won a free trip to newly-opened Disneyland in Anaheim, California, in a nationwide contest. This 30-minute amateur documentary film tells the fabulous story of their fun-filled, dream-come-true, family travel adventure, filmed on the scene at Walt Disney's "Magic Kingdom" by Robbins Barstow. In December 2008, "Disneyland Dream" was named to the National Film Registry by the Librarian of Congress.
Keywords: home movie; Barstow Travel Adventure
Downloads: 236,052
Average rating: (26 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: New Orleans Carnival Week, February 22, 1941] - Unknowm
Mardi Gras: Parade of Nor.
Keywords: New Orleans; Mardi Gras; Celebrations
Downloads: 175,432
Average rating:  (7 reviews) |  |
| San Francisco Earthquake footage
Keywords: Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906; San Francisco: Disasters; Amateur Film
Downloads: 119,697
Average rating:  (5 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 2) (Part I) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 37,563
Average rating: (7 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Summers collection: San Francisco, California, 1941] (Part I) - Summers, John H.
Evocative silent Kodachrome compendium of San Francisco scenes just before the U.S. entered World War II, concentrating on aerials, Chinatown, Market Street, and transportation scenes.
Keywords: San Francisco: Scenics: Historical
Downloads: 36,569
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Postwar Germany: 28 Months After V-E Day (Part I) - Weirton Steel Company
Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.
Keywords: World War II: Postwar issues; World War II: Germany; Germany
Downloads: 24,045
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 1) (Part I) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 22,444
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part I) - Besse (Ivan)
Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.
Keywords: Amateur films; Home movies; South Dakota: Everyday life
Downloads: 21,573
Average rating: (9 reviews) |  |
| Family Camping Through 48 States -- Part I - Robbins Barstow
During five summers from 1957 to 1961, the five-member Barstow family of Wethersfield, Connecticut, set out to visit all 48 of the then United States of America on a series of month-long camping trips. Part I includes seeing famous sites from "America's History" in 24 Eastern, Northern, and Southern states. (58 Minutes)
Keywords: home movie; Barstow Travel Adventure
Downloads: 20,272
Average rating: (9 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 5) (Part III) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 19,820
Average rating: (7 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Wathen collection: Greenwich Village, New York Snowstorm, and Coney Island] - Wathen (R.W.)
Amateur film made in Manhattan, New York City during World War II, showing a Greenwich Village street art exhibition, springtime at Coney Island, and Greenwich Village stilled by a snowstorm.
Keywords: Amateur films; New York City: History; Weather: Blizzards
Downloads: 19,588
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 2) (Part II) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 18,297
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Postwar Germany: 28 Months After V-E Day (Part II) - Weirton Steel Company
Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.
Keywords: World War II: Postwar issues; World War II: Germany; Germany
Downloads: 17,060
Average rating:  (3 reviews) |  |
| Amateur Film Amusement Park
Keywords: need meta
Downloads: 17,023
Average rating: (6 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Golden Gate International Exposition] - Unknown
Amateur pictures, including aerials and color shot from ground level, of the San Francisco World's Fair on Treasure Island.
Keywords: World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 16,669
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 2) (Part III) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 16,087
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Amateur Film European Trip 1930s (Part I)
Keywords: Amateur Films; Home Movies; Travelogues; France; Switzerland; Spain; Germany
Downloads: 15,365
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Chicago World's Fair] - Unknown
Century of Progress exhibition; New York City scenes.
Keywords: World's Fairs: Chicago, 1933-34; New York City
Downloads: 13,635
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: "Saga of the Happy Wanderers"] - Unknown
Kodachrome home movie of a 1950s family's trailer travels to key U.S. tourist destinations.
Keywords: Amateur films; Tourism; Travelogues
Downloads: 12,427
Average rating: (8 reviews) |  |
| Home Movies: Two Family Collections
Weiss Home Movies Grouping of blue/white plastic short reels, mostly in original Kodak processing boxes. This collection was "thrown in" with the purchase of a Kodak Brownie 500 projector. All but #8 are addressed to Mr. Irving Weiss, USOM, APO 146 San Francisco, Calif. #1 (C733007) July 24, 1964 #2 (D442228) ? #3 (C733009) August 20, 1964 Klong trip #4 (D442231) Oct. 21, 1964: Thailand; monkeys; trip to Sukathai; beginning of Joe's trip #5(D440207) Oct 21, 1964: Joe's Trip #6 (D440208) October ...
Keywords: amateur films; home movies
Downloads: 12,280
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 3) (Part I) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 11,972
Average rating: (6 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Parade of Krewe of Rex, New Orleans, February 25, 1941] - Unknown
New Orleans festivities as they looked just before World War II.
Keywords: New Orleans; Mardi Gras; Celebrations
Downloads: 11,829
Average rating: (6 reviews) |  |
| Postwar Germany: 28 Months After V-E Day (Part IV) - Weirton Steel Company
Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.
Keywords: World War II: Postwar issues; World War II: Germany; Germany
Downloads: 11,086
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 1) (Part III) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 10,825
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Untitled 1927 Silverton, Oregon Nitrate Film - June D. Drake
Produced in November of 1927 by Silverton, OR photographer June Drake with the assistance of Albert Adams, owner of the local theatre known locally as "The Palace." The original Palace burned down and was re-built in the 1930s. This film depicts a number of different scenes of Silverton life in the 1920s. Starting off with a scene of Eugene Field Elementary, with staff and the administration of Silverton School District...
Keywords: home movie; Silverton, Oregon
Downloads: 10,765
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 1) (Part II) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 10,494
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Bohemian Grove] - Unknown
Bohemian Club members relax and line up for a meal at the Bohemian Grove encampment.
Keywords: San Francisco: Bohemian Club; Recreation; Gender roles
Downloads: 10,225
Average rating:  (4 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 3) (Part III) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 9,818
Average rating:  (4 reviews) |  |
| [San Francisco: V-J Day] - Unknown
Riotous celebrations in San Francisco and Redwood City, California as soldiers, sailors and civilians celebrate the end of World War II.
Keywords: San Francisco: World War II: Postwar; Celebrations; Riots
Downloads: 9,759
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Our Day - Center for Home Movies
Named to the National Film Registry in 2007, "Our Day" is a day-in-the-life portrait of the Kelly family of Lebanon, Kentucky. Wallace Kelly's amateur cast was made up of his mother, wife, brother, and pet terrier. The film documents a modern home inhabited by adults with sophisticated interests and simple ones. Kelly, a newspaperman, was also an accomplished photographer, painter, and writer. He began shooting film in 1929 and continued until the 1950s.
Keywords: home movie; amateur film; National Film Registry; Kentucky; Wallace Kelly
Downloads: 9,705
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Texas Farm Family] - Unknown
Scenes from the daily life of a Texas farm family.
Keywords: Amateur films; Agriculture: Farms and farming; Rural America
Downloads: 9,617
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| Postwar Germany: 28 Months After V-E Day (Part III) - Weirton Steel Company
Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.
Keywords: World War II: Postwar issues; World War II: Germany; Germany
Downloads: 9,605
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Amateur Film: West 1940
0685 PA8789 [Amateur Film: "West 1940"] 16 Koda original, looks to be in good condition 0:16:27
Keywords: Amateur Films; Home Movies; Travelogues; Grand Canyon; Colorado River
Downloads: 9,266
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 4) (Part II) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 9,140
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Christmas Home Movies from the 1960's - Kephart
Many years' worth of home movies of Christmas, starting with 1960.
Keywords: Christmas; HomeMovies
Downloads: 8,721
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur Film: Ice Harvest, Pocono Manor, 1919]
Downloads: 8,578
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| The Glasco Family - The Wichita Years (8mm) - Alan Glasco
Life in the 50's with the Glasco Family. One of the fun things to do back in the 8mm days was to get the family together and watch your Home Movies. One of the un-fun things to do was watch someone else's.... Note: The white cap I am wearing was because of ringworm of the scalp. Back then they put white adhesive tape on my head and ripped all my hair out by the roots. And yes, it did hurt very, very much...
Keywords: 8mm; glasco; wichita; snow; music video; youtube; disneyland; kansas; christmas; home movies; marineland; california; san francisco; lander; farm; horse; severy; vacation
Downloads: 8,559
Average rating: (6 reviews) |  |
| Adventures with African Wildlife - Robbins Barstow
In the summer of 1978, Robbins Barstow and his wife Meg, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA, took a four-week East African Safari Tour to Tanzania and Kenya, sponsored by the New York Zoological Society. This African wildlife adventure film includes scenes of 53 different species of animals and birds, filmed in the wild, among them Elephant, Giraffe, Rhino, Hippo, Lion, Leopard, Zebra, Wildebeest, Cheetah, and Impala.
Keywords: home movie; Barstow Travel Adventure
Downloads: 8,468
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur Film: Wathen Collection: Niagara Falls and Austin, Texas] - Unknown
Excellent amateur footage of Niagara Falls and scenes in Austin, Texas, including the Texas State Capitol building.
Keywords: Niagara Falls (Canada-U.S.); Water; Austin, Texas
Downloads: 8,446
Average rating:  (3 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: "Frisco Fair / Pacific Northwest"] - Unknown
Kodachrome home movies from San Francisco's Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-40); views along the coast and highways of California and Oregon.
Keywords: World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939-40; California: Scenics; Oregon: Scenics
Downloads: 8,374
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 6) (Part III) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 8,357
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: San Francisco] - Unknown
Pre-World War II San Francisco scenics.
Keywords: San Francisco: Scenics: Historical
Downloads: 8,230
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part II) - Besse (Ivan)
Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse. From towards the end of 0692_HM_Ivan_Besse_collection_Britton_South_Dakota_1938-39_Reel_1_12_01_09_00
Keywords: Amateur films; Home movies; South Dakota: Everyday life
Downloads: 7,583
Average rating: (7 reviews) |  |
| Decomposed Carnival - Unknown
This film was found in the basement of a vacating business in Rochester, New York in 2004. The decomposition of the emulsion, combined with the vivid color and movements of the carnival rides, creates a beautiful film reminiscent of the work of filmmakers Peter Delpeut and Bill Morrison. Also available on the DVD "Living Room Cinema: Films From Home Movie Day, Vol. I"
Downloads: 7,574
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Colaci collection, roll 1-B] - Unknown
Life in the San Francisco Bay Area just after World War II: families stand on the Golden Gate Bridge and watch troops returning on naval vessels; a man spraypaints a car; the China Clippers and other aircraft fly around the Bay; a baby girl plays with blocks; a family picnics.
Keywords: San Francisco: World War II: Postwar; Motion pictures: Amateur; San Francisco Bay Area
Downloads: 7,547
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 5) (Part II) - Medicus (P.)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films
Downloads: 7,435
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| [Amateur film: Golden Gate Bridge] - Unknown
Views of the Golden Gate Bridge, Yosemite National Park and Golden Gate International Exposition.
Keywords: California: History and culture; World's Fairs; San Francisco Bay Area
Downloads: 7,187
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Parade in New York
0629 PA8770 [Parade in New York] 16 Koda orig pix
Keywords: need meta
Downloads: 7,082
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Amateur Film European Trip 1930s (Part II)
Keywords: Amateur Films; Home Movies; Travelogues; France; Switzerland; Spain; Germany
Downloads: 7,076
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
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